---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-033741"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FNWD"
cik: "0000919864"
company_name: "Finward Bancorp"
filed_at: "2024-11-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T04:12:52.682223+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "low"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Finward Bancorp to present at Hovde conference; regulatory constraints on dividends noted

## Summary
- Presentation at 2024 Hovde Financial Services Conference in Miami on Nov 7-8.
- Slides attached but specific financial figures not available in filing text.
- Bank remains under consent order and MOU with FDIC/DFI; no cash dividends without regulatory approval.
- Forward-looking statements caution about interest rate risk, credit risk, and compliance uncertainties.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-033741
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FNWD
- cik: 0000919864
- company_name: Finward Bancorp
- filed_at: 2024-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: low
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000143774924033741/0001437749-24-033741-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000143774924033741/fnwd20241107_8k.htm

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